You might be familiar with a gigabyte, one of the most popular units of measure for computer storage. A two-hour movie is 3 gigabytes on average, while your phone can probably store 256 gigabytes. But ...
Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.
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The future of digital storage: DNA?

What if the smallest molecule of life became the ultimate medium for digital storage? Faced with the avalanche of data flooding the planet, researchers are exploring the physical structure of ...
Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing ...
The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Atlas Eon 100 ushers in a new era of scalable, ultra-dense, long duration digital storage SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2, ...
In our current information/data age, the storage and protection of data is an extremely important part of any business venture. The degree of digital data being produced, globally, has long been ...
Scientists may be one step closer to creating digital data storage out of DNA after developing a glassy, amber-like material to preserve the molecule. The first DNA sequence to be stored in this way ...
Forward-looking: Researchers around the world are embracing DNA-based storage right now. Mixing digital data and biology could bridge the best of both worlds, though a few challenges are still slowing ...
Paris-based startup Biomemory has launched new DNA cards that allow owners to store up to one kilobyte of DNA data on a credit card-sized storage device. It works by converting digital information ...
Biomemory SAS, a company that focuses on developing DNA-based data storage devices, today announced it has raised $18 million in an early-stage funding to complete the development of the first ...
Engineered DNA can store massive amounts of data while also encrypting it, opening the door to ultra-secure, long-term ...
Forward-looking: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the natural polymer making up the genetic traits of all life forms (and many viruses) known to man. Scientists have been trying to exploit DNA's unique ...